escrivão

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese escrivan, from Vulgar Latin *scrībānem, from alteration of declension from Latin scrība (“writer, scribe”). Doublet of escriba, a borrowing.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.kɾiˈvɐ̃w̃/ [is.kɾiˈvɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /es.kɾiˈvɐ̃w̃/ [es.kɾiˈvɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.kɾiˈvɐ̃w̃/ [is.kɾiˈvɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /es.kɾiˈvɐ̃w̃/ [es.kɾiˈvɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃ.kɾiˈvɐ̃w̃/ [iʃ.kɾiˈvɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /eʃ.kɾiˈvɐ̃w̃/ [eʃ.kɾiˈvɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /es.kɾiˈvɐ̃w̃/ [es.kɾiˈvɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.kɾiˈvɐ̃w̃/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.kɾiˈvɐ̃w̃/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.kɾiˈbɐ̃w̃/ [(i)ʃ.kɾiˈβɐ̃w̃]

• Hyphenation: es‧cri‧vão

Noun

escrivão m (plural escrivães, feminine escrivã, feminine plural escrivãs)

1. registrar
2. clerk (legal)

Related terms

• escrever
• escritor